England have 'no chance' of winning World Cup unless axed trio are recalled

England have been told to recall a trio of players - including Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden - if they want to win next summer's World Cup after Thomas Tuchel's bold calls

Paul Scholes insists England cannot win the World Cup unless they recall three individuals who have been snubbed by Thomas Tuchel - Jude Bellingham among them - declaring them his "three best players".

The German kept faith with the squad who had impressed in the most recent international break and they delivered once more - convincingly beating Wales at Wembley and then Latvia on the road over the past week. Those wins confirmed their spot at the World Cup next summer.

Tuchel was hired with a view to winning the tournament in North America but has continued to beat to his own drum and make some controversial calls. This current squad was without Bellingham, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish.

Bellingham is regarded as a generational talent, although he has been injured recently. Foden is a PFA Player of the Year winner and Grealish's start to the season with Everton had many stunned by his omission.

Scholes claimed he was "baffled" before saying on The Overlap: "I was a little bit surprised. Those three players, they have to be in his squad and they will be in his squad for the World Cup. If you look at the squad now, you would say they have virtually no chance of winning the World Cup. Even with those three players it’s still a big ask but it gives you more of a chance of winning the cup.

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"Jude Bellingham has missed a little bit of football but he’s fit now so I would have brought him back in. Thomas Tuchel hasn’t got many games left now until the World Cup actually starts, it’s only the November break and then the March one and then we’re there so we need to get these players playing."

Tuchel has given no guarantee that the omitted players will return to the squad next time England come back together. Despite the noise surrounding Bellingham, the German boss insists there is no personal issue with the Real Madrid midfielder.

The ex-Chelsea boss has never been shy in making a cutthroat call and has recently called out Marcus Rashford, who is currently on loan at Barcelona. He told the forward that he risks wasting his talent if he does not improve and produce the numbers his talent suggests.

England play their final two World Cup qualifiers during the November international break, playing host to Serbia before visiting Albania.

All eyes will be on who Tuchel selects for those games, with time running out for players to put their hands up for selection ahead of next summer.

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